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In celebration of all the firepup meetups this month! I love this version, he is singing his heart out and the audience is feeding him.
We need each other. There is so much work to do and it seems so discouraging at times. We faced a huge disappointment this week with the Attorney General confirmation. People write in the comments about losing hope and not knowing what to do.
To those who are despondent I would hold up news of our victories. Jane and Matt raised a quick $100,000 for Donna Edwards which got the attention of the Washington Post.
In Virginia this week a predicted close race to eject Tom Davis’ wife succeeded 55-45 because of our get out the vote effort, and may in fact drive this very senior Congressman into early retirement; conservative/military Hampton Roads helped us vote in a Democratic State Senate; and it looks like our 13 electoral votes are no longer safe for the Republicans in ’08.
We lost the battle, not the war. Count on taking more hits and having more wounded as this goes on, and let’s take care of each other.
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egregious!
Hi, eg.
Nearly zed, and now it’s off to bed. Good night all!
EG! can’t wait to see ya a week from today.
Relentless!!
Don’t back down!
has downstairs been told?
Has anyone seen the op-ed in the Sunday New York Times? They rip the Dems a new one over the Mukasey confirmation.
Hey, EG!!
Suzanne @ 6
Neuro took care of it.
Joe Klein’s conscience @ 7
Link?
thanks neuro and burns
burnspbesq @ 10
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11…..1sun1.html
egregious, did you see photos from the SoCal round-up?
Is newtonusr still around?
burnspbesq @ 14
Hi Burnsy!
Good evening dear friends. What did I miss?
I admire your attitude, egregious. I am not ready to give up, not by a long shot.
Went to a John Edwards organizational meeting today. Decided it was time to get serious and pick one of the top three, the one who comes closest to saying the things I think they should be saying.
I may go to Iowa next week to canvass.
Joe Klein’s conscience @ 12
This seems appropriate after reading that spanking.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLQ3i_XQXsw
TexBetsy @ 16
*innocent look* uh nothing
Suzanne @ 4
Hey there. Looking forward to it.
Hey Tex Betsy,
So very slow, what is up? Lots of great off and on last thread…
Damn.
I got EPU’d.
That never happens to me.
*flounces off in a huff*
Well I was out on a date. :)
TRex @ 22
*evil laugh*
newtonusr @ 15
Question for you:
Was looking at some quad-interface hard drives today, but the AirPort only has USB and Ethernet ports. Are there any adaptors out there that would enable one to connect such drive to the AirPort going from either the FW 800 or SATA port on the drive to the Ethernet port on the AirPort?
flounce back trex!
Suzanne @ 19
What’s with all those crumbs Suzanne?
TexBetsy @ 23
the pups need a snack
how was it?
Amy Winehouse’s evil husband is in jail.
Please leave him, Amy. Please…
Hey, egregious. This song made me burst into tears the first time I heard it.
Sigh.
Brownies anyone?
well said.
We’ll fix their wagons. But it will take constant work.
TRex @ 29
Still does.
TexBetsy @ 30
those look yummy
U2 are awesome when I get down and out. Whenever I start to feel like it’s all futile and that I’m too tired to fight anymore, it always seems like I hear Sunday, Bloody Sunday in the car or something and get goosebumps all over.
I can’t believe the news today,
Wish I could close my eyes and make it go away,
How long?
How long must we sing this song?
I’m getting a little verklempt just typing the lyrics.
speaking of meetups… some of the for sure attendings:
teddysf
egregious
newtonusr
newspaperbrat
some of the going to try to make its:
punaise
kirk murphy
mary mcc
laura doty
spurious
Suzanne @ 33
Leftovers. Texteen had a tummy ache all day. :(
TexBetsy @ 36
sorry tex teen but that just means more for me
burnspbesq @ 25
Wow. You’re really going for it. In the absence of a server between, defeating the whole point I believe, I can’t think of how. And 802.11g or n is fast, but unless your backups are midnight til 6 am, totally plausible I think, your bandwidth in the range of the wireless network would be nil.
I assume you’re not using Retrospect?
newtonusr @ 38
And to think …. I once thought I could speak Mac.
Suzanne @ 27
Date was a lot of fun. Nice guy.
TexBetsy @ 30
Heckuva job, Betsy!!! *g*
*DOINK!!*
You had a DATE tonight??!!
For the next five minutes at least, this is me hating you.
Squeeeeeeeee!!!! DETAILS!!
More, Betsy! What does he do and how did you meet him?
neurophius @ 41
Thank you! (deep bow)
Loo Hoo, I’ve been meaning to ask how things turned out with your daughter and the Halloween theft of her purse.
Trex, I love the SwiftKids for Truth videos.
OK, I see you noticed!
He works for IBM. professional-like. I’ve known him through my relig community for years but first I was going through a divorce and then he was. now we’re both past the “re-hash the marriage” crap.
we went out for chinese, then back to my house for brownies and tea. (texteen at his dad’s and cassie at a friend’s.) chatted, listened to music, that’s about it.
oh, and of course he is a dem, but much more the environmentalist type than the political activist type.
What’s he look like?
This is your brain on politics.
NYT
Is he rich?
(Let’s cut to the chase here.)
Yes, TexBetsy, we want details. *g*
Did you kiss him?
Oh, geez. OK. He’s a LOT more financially secure than I am. Owns a 3BR house and a Prius. For what that’s worth. 5 yrs older than I am.
He’s not tall. Medium to short, I guess. Reasonably good looking but not gorgeous or anything.
TexBetsy @ 39
And to think …. I once thought I could speak Mac.
Wait, Burns – Which Airport Extreme are you using?
neurophius @ 17
Wonderful idea – I’ve been thinking about making a detour to Iowa on my return trip home from WI the week before xmas.
No T. Hugged good night.
Nothing more, TRex. She isn’t drugged or anything. Just a lot poorer. She normally would have another two or three pairs of jeans by now, but instead she’s just paying her speeding ticket and saving her money.
Thanks for your concern. I have been keeping an extra sharp eye on the situation, cuz you made me wonder…
newtonusr @ 38
Actually, I have something completely different in mind. Storage has gotten so cheap that it is now possible for me to rebuild my iTunes library in lossless. I just hate having cables snaking across my desk when I can avoid it (stuck with one wired connection to an external drive, for Time Machine — would rather not have two).
What a wonderful post, egregious. I was just outside, it’s so warm and balmy tonight, gazing at the stars and listening to the river while thinking about our little lake of fire and dogs today. We swam with Naomi and called the fascists FASCISTS! And we were fortunate enough to take part in bringing the fight to Rahm Emmanuels home turf!
On top of that it finally sinks in, thanks to you.
This week Virginia turned Blue.
TexBetsy, he sounds like a good man. Is there a 2nd date planned?
Burns has all the cool toys. Peanutbutter was drooling over his Iphone.
Eureka Springs @ 60
Lot of hard work. Worth it.
burnspbesq @ 59
OK, I’m i the middle of doing exactly the same thing, ripping everything to lossless encoded. And there’s a way. A great way.
In weird news ….
This explains your doughnut addiction
from LA Times
In a study, rats overwhelmingly prefer sweetened water to cocaine, even those already hooked on the drug.
Researchers have learned that rats overwhelmingly prefer water sweetened with saccharin to cocaine, a finding that demonstrates the addictive potential of sweets.
TheOtherWA @ 61
Nothing yet.
newtonusr @ 55
The one that has the same footprint as the Mac Mini and can do n. Not the brand new one with Gigabit Ethernet; the one before that.
Goodnight my friends.
TexBetsy @ 47
too cool! did you make another date? i’m glad you had fun!
Loo Hoo. @ 62
Peanutbutter wasn’t alone.
nite egr!
TexBetsy @ 65
Okay, now I’m going for some ice cream. The only question is…raspberries or chocolate.
Who wants to date a model? Men are DOGS, and the better looking they are (we are), the more trouble they/we tend to get into.
When I asked what he looked like, I guess I meant more, does he have a kind face? What color are his eyes? What do you find cute about him?
burnspbesq @ 67
I was late. Look here.
Good night, EG, and thanks. Sure wish I could join you guys next Saturday at Suz’ place…
Hey Egregious, love the last line, especially. Yes. We are all wounded.
You made me think about how the challenger in IA-4 who ran such a great race a year ago mysteriously dropped out. Word is that the DCCC wouldn’t step up. The incumbent is really vulnerable, but no one in the on-deck circle. WTF. I hate the DCCC. I take pleasure in telling their callers to buzz off and in ripping up their mailings.
Watched the JJ dinner on CSPAN. Ratings: Obama, Biden, Dodd, in that order. The rest: forgettable and pedestrian. I hope we can cough up a candidate who can win and then govern decently. Is that too much to ask? Your post matches my dark mood.
Sleep well egregious.
TRex, it was one date. I refuse to over-analyze every detail. He is kind. His eyes are kind.
newtonusr @ 70
If I showed you my bills from months when I travel outside the U.S., you’d stop drooling right quick. Thank Dog I get to put those roaming charges on my expense report.
egregious @ 68
g’nite eg
Susan in Iowa,
What part of the state is IA-4?
TexBetsy @ 23
Yay Betsy!
burnspbesq @ 79
I feel somehow blessed to be with Verizon.
As Jim Halpert said, “Universe, you win.”
newton, techie question for you re cell phone (since you did so good with dsl)
Good to know that Loo Hoo, Jr. doesn’t seem to be in any immediate danger, which with kids is always a possibility.
You know, when I do find a boyfriend, it’s probably going to be like all my other boyfriends so far, where everyone’s like, “What does he see in him?”
I always end up with these sweet, sometimes goofy types. Big noses. Big ol’ ears.
Christopher Eccleston makes me shiver inside.
The guy I think I will forever have the hardest time getting over had a face like a mud fence, terrible acne scars, a not-great body, and yet he had this deep, deep, black velvet voice.
Remember Jamie Lee Curtis in A Fish Called Wanda when Kevin Cline would speak Italian to her?
That’s what this guy’s voice did to me.
If we can win in the heart of wingnuttia, we can win anywhere in the USA.
TRex, you are such a romantic!
Suzanne @ 84
(Now I’m fucked…)
I mean, I hope I can help. :-)
trex, english or southern accent is what does it to me… something about the smooth liquid gold voice
Ed*ard Teller @ 86
woohoo, nice et
newtonusr @ 88
(laughing)
i’ll email ya with it
Spanish king tells Chavez to ’shut up’ (AP)
from Yahoo! News
In this picture released by Cumbre Iberoamericana, Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez asks for permission to talk during the last working session of the XVII Iberoamerican Summit in Santiago, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2007. Spanish King Juan Carlos told Chavez to shut up as the Venezuelan leader was involved in a heated verbal exchange with Spain’s prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero about Spain’s former President Jose Maria Aznar. (AP Photo/Cumbre Iberoamericana)AP – The king of Spain told Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez to “shut up” Saturday during a heated exchange at a summit of leaders from Latin America, Spain and Portugal.
Suzanne @ 90
g*g. Actually, I’m wearing a huge, shit-eating grin. This is a major victory. We’ve got to keep ATTACKING!
TexBetsy @ 87
I am NOT!!
*Hides copy of “Love in the Time of Cholera” under a sofa cushion.*
Now you know why I named my bossy little kitten after him.
BTW, TRex. Cass has fallen out of love with you. Sorry to break it to you, but a 16 yr old named Dylan is her newest crush.
TRex @ 94
TRex, honey, you just come over here and sit next to me on the ‘not romantic’ bench. btw, i love that flouncy poet shirt with ruffles you got on – it sets off your scales so nicely my dear
Hi folks….
I know this has been covered but I have to share that I just finished Valerie Plame’s book “Fair Game” and she gave this site the best endorsement in her book….
That was so cool…
Wish her and her family the best, the novel was a great read—–
Got to fly away from the lake now you-all have a great evening….
Ed*ard Teller!!!
ticktock @ 98
fly safely and drop in anytime, ticktock
ET, that’s wonderful! And in Kansas plans for a new coal plant were turned down and the coal people flew their wingnutty freak flag for all it was worth.
What a bunch of maroons!
TRex @ 94
You’re so cute!
Link to my odds & ends post since I was too busy having fun to do a real post.
Lots of tidbits here.
Loo Hoo. @ 75
Awww, wish you could too. How far are you from Monterey Bay?
ticktock @ 98
You know, I have wondered before how we must have looked from Valerie’s perspective. I mean, you’re engaged in the legal fight of your life, struggling daily against this corrupt, authoritarian regime, and nobody in the world seems to really care, and then…all of a sudden, like a pack of angry badgers, Teh BLOGGERS come over the hill and sweep by and launch themselves straight at the Bush administration’s throats.
It must have been very interesting.
TexBetsy @ 103
nice when real life interfering with online life is because of a date with a nice man.
newspaperbrat @ 56
This is the way to keep on keepin’ on! You guys are an inspiration!
“god is in the details.”
Remember what Eli said Friday:
It’s not the Republican Party and the Democratic Party
it’s the Money Party and the People Party.
it’s snowing in Dresden this mornin’. i gotta go out in it. back in a bit.
Suzanne @ 106
yep :)
TheOtherWA @ 101
What we’re discovering here, is that these people have forgotten how to explain things in local terms – other than to call us names. It is getting tiresome to all but the basest of their base.
Suzanne @ 35
looks like I’m in.
newspaperbrat @ 104
North San Diego County.
punaise @ 110
woohoo…. gonna be great to finally meet ya in person pun
Time for me to take iPod and book and toddle off to bed. Pleasant dreams, everyone.
Suzanne @ 112
likewise, and everyone else too
***updated***
some of the for sure attendings:
teddysf
egregious
newtonusr
newspaperbrat
punaise
some of the going to try to make its:
kirk murphy
mary mcc
laura doty
spurious
g’nite burns
fahrender, are you in Dresden, Maine?
ooooh, a promotion!
night burns.
suzanne, i see you ignored the “other” rsvp.
punaise @ 118
yeap, you are now bait to dangle
TexBetsy @ 108
yep :)
Does he have any idea that his behavior will be scrutinized by a zillion Firepups? Best not to tell him I think….
petedownunder @ 121
worse yet —- he knows the teens!
Night, Burnsey.
Loo Hoo. @ 117
No, fahrender is joining us from Dresden, Germany, as in The Dresden Staatskappel Orchestra.
It really is morning there.
Good night from me too, see ya tomorrow.
Suzanne @ 120
pretty low standards… :~)
TRex @ 124
*sigh* and snowing
I’ll get Dresden the morning. for now, bon soir…
Okay, TRex, that makes more sense. (Although it would technically be AM in Maine.) I was checking cuz I have relatives in Dresden, Maine.
Night Wa and Pun
Suzanne @ 115
Wow! What a crew. I’m more than a little jealous…
g’nite TOW and pun
Good night, TOW and punaise.
Me, too.
Ed*ard Teller @ 131
If you’re gonna be jealous …. we had 10 at the last TX firepup picnic and already have a location for the winter and spring get-togethers.
I’ve got to hit the sack, too, if I’m going to make it down to Atlanta in time for a 10am meeting.
Good night!
trex and et, ya’ll gotta open invite
Ed*ard Teller @ 131
Me too. What’s the closest airport, Suz?
g’nite trex, sleep well
Ed*ard Teller @ 131
Me too, I’m guessing next Saturday night will be interesting.
Night, TRex.
san jose and then about a 30 minute cab ride loohoo
or monterey and a 45 minute cab ride
Loo Hoo. @ 111
You’ll be with us in spirit! Was it Suz who brought up the idea of a little live blogging that afternoon from the cottage in the Redwoods?
TexBetsy @ 122
I understand teenagers can be extremely critical of new people in their parents’lives, so if he can deal with them he may be a keeper. Good luck!
Night TRex. Safe driving tomorrow.
newspaperbrat @ 143
wasn’t me.. i wanna be having fun and not chained to the pooter
And Suzanne, you need to put yourself on the list just in case someone’s counting…
TexBetsy @ 135
Looks like I’ve got my work cut out.
This is what marriage is really all about “
He ordered one hamburger, one order of French fries and one drink. The old man unwrapped the plain hamburger and carefully cut it in half. He placed one half in front of his wife. He then carefully counted out the French fries, dividing them into two piles and neatly placed one pile in front of his wife.
He took a sip of the drink, his wife took a sip and then set the cup down between them. As he began to eat his few bites of hamburger, the people around them kept looking over and whispering. You could tell they were thinking, “That poor old couple – all they can afford is one meal for the two of them.”
As the man began to eat his fries a young man came to the table. He politely offered to buy another meal for the old couple. The old man said they were just fine – They were used to sharing everything.
The surrounding people noticed the little old lady hadn’t eaten a bite. She sat there watching her husband eat and occasionally taking turns sipping the drink.
Again the young man came over and begged them to let him buy another meal for them. This time the old woman said “No, thank you, we are used to sharing everything.”
As the old man finished and was wiping his face neatly with the napkin, the young man again came over to the little old lady who had yet to eat a single bite of food and asked “What is it you are waiting for?”
She answered
**********
**********
“THE TEETH.”
Waives to Persi – when are you and Mr P coming to SE Queensland Firepup meetup?
burnspbesq @ 25
Does the AirPort have enough of an operating system to drive a disk?
petedownunder @ 150
I am as much in the dark as you. Mr Persi often communicates on a need-to-know basis. Apparently there’s nothing about Brisbane that I need to know right now. (Can you tell that I’m a bit peeved with him today?)
Bumper Stickers:
>>>> 1) (On an infant’s shirt): Already smarter than Bush
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>>>> 2) 1/20/09: End of an Error
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>>>> 3) That’s OK, I Wasn’t Using My Civil Liberties Anyway
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>>>> 4) Let’s Fix Democracy in This Country First
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>>> 5) If You Want a Nation Ruled By Religion, Move to Iran
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>>>> 6) Bush. Like a Rock. Only Dumber.
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>>>> 7) You Can’t Be Pro-War And Pro-Life At The Same Time
>>>>
>>>> 8) If You Can Read This, You’re Not Our President.
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>>>> 9) Of Course It Hurts: You’re Getting Screwed by an Elephant
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>>>> 10) Hey, Bush Supporters: Embarrassed Yet?
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>>>> 11) George Bush: Creating the Terrorists Our Kids Will Have to Fight
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>>>> 14) America : One Nation, Under Surveillance
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>>>> 15) They Call Him “W” So He Can Spell It
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>>>> 16) Which God Do You Kill For?
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>>>> 17) Cheney/Satan ‘08
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>>>> 18) Jail to the Chief
>>>>
>>>> 19) Who Would Jesus Torture?
>>>>
>>>> 20) No, Seriously, Why did we Invade Iraq?
>>>>
>>>> 21) Bush: God’s Way of Proving Intelligent Design is Full of Crap
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>>>> 22) Like Jesus Would Own a Gun and Vote Republican
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>>>> 23) Bad president! No Banana.
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>>>> 24) We Need a President Who’s Fluent In At Least One Language
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>>>> 25) We’re Making Enemies Faster Than We Can Kill Them
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>>>> 26) Buck Fush
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>>>> 27) Rich Man’s War, Poor Man’s Blood
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>>>> 28) Is It Vietnam Yet?
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>>>> 29) Bush Doesn’t Care About White People, Either
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>>>> 30) Where Are We Going? And Why Are We In This Handbasket?
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>>>> 31) You Elected Him. You Deserve Him.
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>>>> 32) Frodo Failed. Bush Has the Ring.
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>>>> 33) Impeach Cheney First
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>>>> 34) Dubya, Your Dad Shoulda Pulled Out, Too
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>>>> 35) When Bush Took Office, Gas Was $1.46 a gallon
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>>>> 36) The Republican Party: Our Bridge to the 11th Century
persiflage @ 152
you could tell Mr P that you are in charge of the p and unless he wants you to remain peeved at him, he should start being more forthright if he wants to remain on good terms with the p
wigwam @ 151
Sort of, depending on the application.
Suzanne @ 142
Have room for three pups in my car for round trip from Monterey airport to Boulder Creek and two large comfortable couches in two rooms if anyone prefers to stay overnight and fly outta Monterey on Sunday.
Bill Clinton Lunches With Leader Of The “Vast Right-Wing Conspiracy”
from Huff Po by The Huffington Post News Editors
Bill Clinton is never at a loss for company. When he’s not globe-trotting or charming audiences for as much as $400,000 a speech, he’s often schmoozing visitors in his suite of offices in Harlem. Last July, the former president sat down with a billionaire impressed with the William J. Clinton Foundation’s campaign against AIDS in Africa. The two men chatted amiably over lunch for more than two hours, and the visitor pledged to write Clinton’s foundation a generous check. But there was something unusual, if not plain weird, about the meeting. NEWSWEEK has learned that the billionaire so eager to endear himself to the former president was Richard Mellon Scaife–once the Clintons’ archenemy and best-known as the man behind a “vast, right-wing conspiracy” that Hillary Clinton said was out to destroy them.
Scaife was no run-of-the-mill Clinton hater. In the 1990s, the heir to the Mellon banking fortune contributed millions to efforts to dig up dirt on President Clinton. He backed the Clinton-bashing American Spectator magazine, whose muckrakers produced lurid stories about Clinton’s alleged financial improprieties and trysts. Scaife also financed a probe called the Arkansas Project that tried, among other things, to show that Clinton, while Arkansas governor, protected drug runners.
newspaperbrat @ 156
wow
TexBetsy @ 157
does this mean we get soros checks and scaife checks?
McCain’s Mom Goes After Romney
from Huff Po by The Huffington Post News Editors
John McCain’s 95-year-old mother, in a swipe at her son’s rival Mitt Romney, said Friday that Mormons were to blame for the scandal that rocked the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics.
During an appearance on MSNBC, Roberta McCain laid out why her son, John, deserves to win the Republican presidential nomination. But in evaluating McCain’s primary rivals, she criticized Romney’s Mormon faith and his time in Salt Lake City.
suzanne, i’ll take checks from all of ‘em, but still talking about what i care to.
TexBetsy @ 157
“… and your enemies closer.”
Giuliani blames Clinton for overstretched military.
from Think Progress by Faiz
Rudy Giuliani faulted former President Bill Clinton for having weakened the American military. “Our military is too small to deal with the Islamic terrorism threats, but it really is too small to deter would-be aggressors to even think of challenging us. And that’s due to Bill Clinton,” he said. Steve Benen responds, “Does this make any sense? … Bush has stretched the military to the breaking point,” but acknowledging this would mean holding Bush “to account for his irresponsible policies. What to do? Blame Clinton of course.”
TexBetsy @ 161
i must be too low on the totem pole to get a soros check – i hear of them showing up but have yet to see one
i hear there are memos that come with those checks – maybe better off not getting those
you’re right suzanne. cash is better. plenty of room in the freezer.
TexBetsy @ 165
all the cops and feds know about freezers and other hidey holes
better to hide it in the outhouse – they gotta really really want it to go after it there
Suzanne @ 166
Did I mention we live in an apt?
C-Span replaying the Dem Fundraiser from Iowa now, Edwards up in a minute. They apparently loved him.
Bedtime for Betsy.
night all.
Suzanne @ 154
And that’s P and it rhymes with T and it stands for “Couldn’t you have Told me you were going to be in the office all next week (even though you’re officially on time off) before I bought all this food for lunches you won’t actually be here to eat.” I know it’s trivial but it happens ALL THE FREAKING TIME.
nite betsy
newtonusr @ 168
Nancy is being gracious introducing Edwards. He looks great!
snake farm
g’nite tex
newspaperbrat @ 156
That’s so sweet of you. It’s just too much money and time for a one day event, much as I’d love to come. (3 hr. layover on the way there, 2 hours on the way back) Another time…think Netroots Nation!
:( loohoo – yeap, another time
Susan in Iowa @ 76
Donor Strike the DCCC/DSCC
Not one penny, TSF
Ed*ard Teller @ 86
Nice ET
TexBetsy @ 149
Reminds me of the story of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, who were overheard in a restaurant reciting the alphabet to one another. When asked about this peculiarity, Wallis said, “I don’t want people seeing us eating silently and saying, ‘Poor man gave up the throne of England and now has nothing to say to that woman.’”
teddy, is your fiance attending with you?
Suzanne @ 181
Nope, that’s a workday for him, but he’ll be pleased you asked, Suzanne.
TeddySanFran @ 182
perhaps next time, teddy (sigh)
Regarding the “Fall” of Tom and Jeannemarie “Devo” Davis from Virginia politics. Some of it was inflicted by the Republican Party itself. Tom Davis was lusting after the Senate seat vacated by John Warner for decades…everything pointed to it. And then his own party decided that they were not going to have a Primary and would “decide” the candidate in the smoky back-rooms of the Party bosses (I guess Virginia was never influenced by the Progressive Movement?). That basically meant that Warners replacement would be the previous Republican Governor of the State, not Davis.
But Davis had some serious political baggage to tote. There are rumors that Davis and “Devo” were involved romantically long before he divorced his first wife, Peggy Davis, in 2003. Davis and “Devo” quickly announced their plans to unite in matrimony. Aides and friends won’t comment about the rumors of adultery, not even to deny them. There was something similar of Jeannemarie’s side. John and Jeannemarie Devolites filed for divorce in 2000 but remained united as parents. They both appeared together in court in 2002, when their 20 year old daughter, Ashley, was sentenced to a nine-year prison term for a series of armed robberies that ranged from Fairfax City, VA to New York. Jeannemarie Devolites said: “I think it’s a shame that all the members of the press that are here today do not have the common decency to show a family some privacy during a difficult time.”
Davis and Devolites are both Roman Catholics, and divorce is unacceptable to the Church. But, unlike in the days of Henry VIII excommunication is today only an option to those that don’t act to further the churches anti-contraception/anti-abortion views.
http://democracyforvirginia.ty…..ples_.html
ohmystars
via C&L, Gary Moore, still got the blues
TheOtherWA @ 101
Well 100 times more than zero…is still zero!
newtonusr @ 162
Pragmatism R Us
wow
go howie
G’night, pups!
FunnyDiva
g’nite, pups
See you tomorrow!
Jane Hamsher @ 188
hey jane
g’nite teddy and diva
Jane!
jane, howie sure found the inner boosh administration
Gary Moore doing Red House
Wow indeed.
Jane Hamsher @ 188
Most excellent!
Loo Hoo. @ 197
Priceless!
Maybe Condi’s spilling. This via Marcy:
“It will be a blow to US intelligence and the Bush administration’s credibility” is a bit of a understatement, I think. If North Korea can prove their case, it’ll mean that the claims about the WMD aspirations of two out of three of the members of the “Axis of Evil” will have proven to be false. In fact, it’ll mean that the same tale–Administration claims that a country was altering aluminum tubes to make cetrifuge parts–will have proven false twice.
Add in the fact that Cheney has refused to allow the Intelligence Community publish an unclassified NIE debunking Administration claims about an imminent Iranian WMD threat, and we’re facing that the distinct possibility that the claimed threat of all three members of the “Axis of Evil” is false. The central narrative of this Administration–us against the rogue states–potentially false.
Nice.
One more detail. Note that Glenn Kessler, he of the Condi bio, got this scoop. At the least, this means State is telling us that the North Korea claims may be false. Is Condi getting weary of sustaining one after another WMD lie?
TexBetsy @ 157
Yeah, very interesting. The Slate attributes it to the nasty divorce that he faces after getting caught with a mistress. They are a bit unclear as to why this caused Scaife to make his turnabout.
But they also point out that Scaife ordered his papers to publish editorials repudiating Bush, call him delusional, and demanding an immediate end to US troop deployments in Iraq.
So something is “up” and whether it means that Scaife is simply a wily businessman trying to curry favor with the “winners” over the next decade or so (or worse if he thinks the Republican Party is actually on the verge of “Whigging Out”), or if it is a real, heartfelt epiphany?
I looke to see if there is any evidence that he’s bankrolling any political candidates and I can’t find any contributions since the 2006 elections. So that’s odd. Or can anybody find some more up to date reports?
Jane, you’re an inspiration! Nice picket line pix.
TeddySanFran @ 177
Not sure if Shelden Spencer really challenged the incumbent Tom Latham in 2006. Latham won 57% – 43%. So maybe that’s why the DCCC has been wary. But if they actually withheld money during the 2006 election maybe THAT contributed to his not coming closer. Let’s say that he had gotten money and moved 4% of the voters. That would have made it 53%-47%…and I’m sure they’d be all over himto run again…and would fund him.
I hope that they aren’t discounting a candidate that they basically didn’t support and then say…he didn’t get closer on his own.
Loo Hoo. @ 117
sorry, Loo Hoo, i just got back. i’m in Germany, and the snow i went out into turned to rain but, no matter …….
c’ape, it would sure be nice if condi is rolling over and telling the what shit belongs to who to try to deflect as much of it off her as possible.
Loo Hoo. @ 199
That’s from the LA Times isn’t it?
I was saying several months back the assertions about the NK nuclear test seemed very odd…almost as if North Korea was trying to fake a test or that the test merely represented a nuclear trigger going off rather than a real fissionable device.
This report might back that up. NK was trying to look a great deal more threatening than they were, if it’s true. That would have made their negotiating position a lot more powerful, and they could “give up” facilities and processes that were actually quite nascent or useless in exchange for valuable concessions.
Suzanne @ 204
Some Rolling Over Required:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11…..ref=slogin
Missing Weapons? What? Me Worry?
Quick howdy, and gone *poof* like but nice thread nice comments and earlier today too with “The Wolfe” at The Lake’s Door . . . People in the street is what it’s gonna take people. Millions. We did it before. We can do it again.
Namaste.
Suzanne @ 203
Suz, seems possible. To her,legacy may be all.
She’s never appeared to have a meaningful personal life (thinking weekends spent w/preznit family at Camp David – ick.)
SunnyNobility @ 207
she thought she was hitching her wagon to a rising star and found out it was a self destructing dud. she’s trying to salvage her reputation so she can return to stanford.
The Group News Blog has a kick ass post up ya’ll need to read and it has the Jill Scott video Trex used in his recent post.
LowerManhattanite’s post goes hand in hand with what EG said above.
don’t forget to check out the other TGNB posts, they got several good ones up.
g’nite all.
this is dedicated to Ms Nancy Pelosi.
me, singing in bob dylan’s voice (no, really.):
Darkness at the break of noon
Shadows even the silver spoon
The handmade blade, the child’s balloon
Eclipses both the sun and moon
To understand you know too soon
There is no sense in trying.
Pointed threats, they bluff with scorn
Suicide remarks are torn
From the fool’s gold mouthpiece
The hollow horn plays wasted words
Proves to warn
That he not busy being born
Is busy dying.
Temptation’s page flies out the door
You follow, find yourself at war
Watch waterfalls of pity roar
You feel to moan but unlike before
You discover
That you’d just be
One more person crying.
So don’t fear if you hear
A foreign sound to your ear
It’s alright, Ma, I’m only sighing.
As some warn victory, some downfall
Private reasons great or small
Can be seen in the eyes of those that call
To make all that should be killed to crawl
While others say don’t hate nothing at all
Except hatred.
Disillusioned words like bullets bark
As human gods aim for their mark
Made everything from toy guns that spark
To flesh-colored Christs that glow in the dark
It’s easy to see without looking too far
That not much
Is really sacred.
While preachers preach of evil fates
Teachers teach that knowledge waits
Can lead to hundred-dollar plates
Goodness hides behind its gates
But even the president of the United States
Sometimes must have
To stand naked.
An’ though the rules of the road have been lodged
It’s only people’s games that you got to dodge
And it’s alright, Ma, I can make it.
Advertising signs that con you
Into thinking you’re the one
That can do what’s never been done
That can win what’s never been won
Meantime life outside goes on
All around you.
You lose yourself, you reappear
You suddenly find you got nothing to fear
Alone you stand with nobody near
When a trembling distant voice, unclear
Startles your sleeping ears to hear
That somebody thinks
They really found you.
A question in your nerves is lit
Yet you know there is no answer fit to satisfy
Insure you not to quit
To keep it in your mind and not fergit
That it is not he or she or them or it
That you belong to.
Although the masters make the rules
For the wise men and the fools
I got nothing, Ma, to live up to.
For them that must obey authority
That they do not respect in any degree
Who despise their jobs, their destinies
Speak jealously of them that are free
Cultivate their flowers to be
Nothing more than something
They invest in.
While some on principles baptized
To strict party platform ties
Social clubs in drag disguise
Outsiders they can freely criticize
Tell nothing except who to idolize
And then say God bless him.
While one who sings with his tongue on fire
Gargles in the rat race choir
Bent out of shape from society’s pliers
Cares not to come up any higher
But rather get you down in the hole
That he’s in.
But I mean no harm nor put fault
On anyone that lives in a vault
But it’s alright, Ma, if I can’t please him.
Old lady judges watch people in pairs
Limited in sex, they dare
To push fake morals, insult and stare
While money doesn’t talk, it swears
Obscenity, who really cares
Propaganda, all is phony.
While them that defend what they cannot see
With a killer’s pride, security
It blows the minds most bitterly
For them that think death’s honesty
Won’t fall upon them naturally
Life sometimes
Must get lonely.
My eyes collide head-on with stuffed graveyards
False gods, I scuff
At pettiness which plays so rough
Walk upside-down inside handcuffs
Kick my legs to crash it off
Say okay, I have had enough
What else can you show me?
And if my thought-dreams could be seen
They’d probably put my head in a guillotine
But it’s alright, Ma, it’s life, and life only.
It’s Alright Ma (I’m Only Bleeding)
but
something is happening here and
you don’t know what it is,
do you,
Ms Pelosi?
i like this part
“While preachers preach of evil fates
Teachers teach that knowledge waits
Can lead to hundred-dollar plates
Goodness hides behind its gates
But even the president of the United States
Sometimes must have
To stand naked.”
http://bobdylan.com
newtonusr – if you’re still around, i see that you and burns were talking hard drives (what fun!) and considering the airport extreme base station…. i got one a few months ago when my old asante crapped out – even set up the 500 GB maxtor as an airport disk, but it was slow, slow, slow. might be ok for streaming itunes (i should check) but not for backups.
Hi folks, we need your help here in VA-01 congressional district. We have a special election December 11 to replace recently deceased Rep. Jo Ann Davis. We nominated Philip Forgit yesterday at our nominating convention. Philip is a decorated Iraq War veteran. He ran a great race in 2003 for VA-96 House of Delegates, losing a close race in a heavily R district. He raised a ton of money and attracted the attention of VA D leaders including then-Gov. Mark Warner. He knows current Gov. Tim Kaine. Frankly, he worked his ass off in that race and he’ll do it again in this race. But VA-01 is a “safe” R seat (last D to hold the seat was in 1977) and the R’s selected a very strong candidate. So I’m appealing to you for help – can we boost this race into a national profile? We need help getting Rep. Emanuel’s and the DCCC’s attention. Help from your fundraising skills would be incredibly great. Forgit has a web site up at http://www.forgit2007.com. I think I can speak for a lot of people when I say we would really love your help and support for this tough race.
Good morning
Mornin’ all!
Matt Clayton @ 213
couple of suggestions… speaking only for myself:
1) i’m inspired by a candidate’s priorites and commitments. it would help to know your candidates positions on issues i care about.
2) what kind of attention are your looking for from emanuel?… sounds like you haven’t been around here much. you might want to check out this post from yesterday.
Good morning, pups. It’s MoDo, Friedman and Rich in the NYT this morning. MoDo knew she was going to miss her Weekend Update from “Saturday Night Live,” so she asked the show’s head writer to give her an update on the writers’ strike. Mr. Friedman says that King Abdullah’s path-breaking meeting with Pope Benedict XVI surely gave many Saudi clerics heartburn. But as historic as it was, it left no trace. Mr. Rich says that even if President Bush had the guts to condemn Gen. Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan, there is no longer any moral high ground left for him to stand on.
http://mgpaquin.wordpress.com/
The coffee, tea and cocoa are ready, and I felt like waffles this morning. (I’ll also confess a secret weakness for Marshmallow Fluff in my cocoa, so if you want some too…) It looks like I’ll have enough time later today to do some long-overdue fall garden work. Have a great Sunday.
Good Morning!
Marion, thanks for the hot chocolate and the waffles, just hits the spot this cold morning. mmm
a hard truth from Frank Rich:
To believe that this corruption will simply evaporate when the Bush presidency is done is to underestimate the permanent erosion inflicted over the past six years. What was once shocking and unacceptable in America has now been internalized as the new normal.
Good Morning everyone. Is it wrong to be still lying to bed as I type this?
Russian oil tanker splits in half
A Russian official said it was a “very serious environmental disaster”, which would take years to solve.
Sunday Talking Head Thread upstairs…